Dr John Coulter an author and journalist from a Unionist background, has just published a new e-book on a non-violent, pro-Christian Irish Republican ideology.
Entitled An Saise Glas (The Green Sash): The Road to National Republicanism, the launch of the e-book has been timed to coincide with traditional Republican commemorations of the Easter Rising.
Dr Coulter openly styles himself as “an unrepentant Radical Right-wing Unionist” and while he has been in journalism since 1978, he has latterly been best known as a controversial columnist with the Irish Daily Star.
Dr Coulter, 54, is the son of the Rev Dr Robert Coulter MBE. His father – an Irish Presbyterian Minister and leading Orange chaplain - was an Ulster Unionist MLA for North Antrim for 13 years.
Dr Coulter said:
During the Troubles, I reported on the deaths of numerous people murdered by republican terrorists. But it was the murder of my friend Constable Steve Carroll in March 2009 which prompted me to write a new non-violent ideology for Republicanism.
An Saise Glas has been a four-year journey and I am openly writing this e-book as an outsider looking in. I hope my e-book will prompt discussion among Republicans as to how they take their ideology forward, and also among Unionists as to how they inter-act with Republicans.
I also seek to guide Republicanism away from the Godless Marxism which seems to have steadily gripped the ideology since the days of James Connolly and the 1916 Rising.
The recent scandals involving convicted paedophile priests have driven a wedge between the Catholic Church hierarchy and Republicanism. My new ideology of National Republicanism seeks to re-introduce the Biblical teachings of Jesus Christ, especially the Beatitudes from the Sermon on the Mount, into Republican thinking.
The e-book also examines Republicanism’s relations with the European Union, the Unionist community, coping with its violent past, and international relations.
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| Dr John Coulter |
Dr Coulter began his journalism career with his local weekly papers in his home town of Ballymena. After graduation from Coleraine University, he became a freelance journalist with the BBC before joining the staff of the News Letter where he became Education and Religious Affairs Correspondent.
He has also worked as a deputy editor and editor of local weekly titles and as a public relations director, and latterly in journalist training. He is married with two sons, and is a member of Maghaberry Elim Church in Co Antrim.
Here’s the link to Amazon Kindle.
Note to editor: a review copy of the ebook for review purposes only can be obtained from Dr Coulter on request by emailing coulterjourno@btinternet.com and outlining where you plan to have the review published or broadcast.
I read about Johns E-book on long kesh insideout the other day but compound now refuses to publish my comments...
ReplyDeleteDr John , while I welcome any publication that offers new idea's (It doesn't mean I have to agree with them)you have actually alienated a lot of people that may have read it with your use of the ''republican terrorists''label. I wonder would you also use this to describe the British army, UDR, RUC that have terrorised the nationalist community, through torture, imprisonment and countless murders.
ReplyDeleteIf you truly want to offer something new, I suggest you start by discarding the labels, or use the label's equally when referring to every side that was involved in the War, that is known as the 'Armed Struggle'.